Kalgoorlie-Boulder earthquake: Hundreds report feeling tremors in outback mining town
Hundreds of people have reported feeling an earthquake in one of Western Australia’s largest mining towns.
At 6:41 a.m. on Monday evening, the epicentre of a 3.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded 10km underground, about 28km northwest of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
According to Geoscience Australia, more than 230 people felt the earthquake.
Hundreds of people reported feeling a 3.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday night that struck just north of the Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder (pictured)
A report from the Goodfields Woodlands Conservation Park, southwest of the mining town, described the quake as “strong” on the Geoscience Australia scale.
A number of social media users said they mistook the ‘rumbling’ for a mine explosion or an aircraft flying overhead.
In the Western Australian towns of Cue and Ravensthorpe, magnitude 2.6 and 2.7 earthquakes were recorded in the hour after the Kalgoorlie earthquake.
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More than 200 people reported feeling the tremors from the earthquake (pictured, epicenter), with many thinking it was a mine explosion